78. The Slap / Tickle effect!


Not literally slaps & tickles…it’s an analogy….I am not really a “slap” kind of person unless we are talking the Slip, Slap,Slop Australian sun motto!…and as for tickles…well I love tickling my Little People…but I shriek like a baby if Read the rest

77. Bums & Tums


Puns intended….the surgery was another Colon procedure & as my beloved 9 year old announced in the playground this afternoon, I am unable to go running this week because I had a “camera shoved up my bottom.”
The wonderful thing Read the rest

76. Cancerversary No.2!


I am a mix of emotions today…and it’s not all about me!
As you know on Saturday my son broke his arm….and had a temporary cast put on…& we were to return to Gloucester Royal Hospital to attend fracture clinic Read the rest

Not just Us….


So when you enter the world of “Cancer”…and by that I mean really enter…not just sit there & think oh “F*^$k” I have Cancer, you kind of start to do this weird kind of sympathising.
See, when you get diagnosed Read the rest

74. Magical Moments!


It’s been a long, long time since we had a holiday…a proper “let your hair down / feel no stress” type of holiday….
Since I was diagnosed with Melanoma almost 23 months ago we haven’t really thought about “holidays”….because I Read the rest

73. Skin Check & Reality Check


I have just had my 6 monthly skin check with The Surgeon, aka, Mr Oliver Cassell.
The usual routine beforehand…the pattern that I once thought was unique to me…but have since discovered is replicated in one form or another by Read the rest

72. A New Opportunity?


Almost 2 months ago now I met The Prof & he casually mentioned would I like to be involved in a panel that looked into clinical trials at Oxford…..
…obviously I leapt at the chance…..yet what with a work/life juggle Read the rest

71. Meaty Issue!


Right at the start of my rollercoaster I hit the Internet like a fiend….I scoured every website desperate for help….anything that would give me guidance on how to make right on the Melanoma monster.
There is more than enough evidence Read the rest

70. Month long Mindblip


It’s been a while….
I know I never said I “would” write a blog update every couple of weeks or even every week…but it just happened…and then Christmas came and went….and I have been busy with a new job…and I Read the rest

69. That Programme & pants again!


You may well live in a closet…I would hope not because that would be somewhat worrying…not to mention dark… There was a programme on the Beeb last night all about the recent advances in Cancer treatments we don’t know about.Read the rest